Pirelli Motorsport boss Paul Hembery is confident that F1 fans can expect more flat-out corners this year thanks to the new-for-2017-spec tire.Speaking at the 2017 Pirelli Motorsport presentation in Turin, Italy, Hembery said that simulation data, plus what has been gleaned from multiple tests on the new tires mated to...

Pirelli says it has concerns that the mule cars being used to test Formula 1's 2017 tires fall short of the required amount of downforce by around 20 percent.Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are working with Pirelli to develop next year's wider tires, using modified 2015 cars aimed at simulating...

Mercedes will run a 2014 car at the upcoming Formula 1 test at Silverstone to help Pirelli with 2017 tire development.Related StoriesManor driver Pascal Wehrlein, Mercedes' reserve this year, will drive the W05 at the post-British GP test on July 12-13.While the tires will be the same shape and size...

Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull are set to be the first teams to run Pirelli's 2017-spec Formula 1 tires when testing begins in August.Pirelli offered a first glimpse of the 2017 tires when it unveiled a prototype of the rubber on a showcar in the Monaco paddock on Saturday (above)....

Jean-Eric Vergne is driving a 2014-spec Ferrari at Fiorano on Tuesday as part of Pirelli's 2017 tire testing program.The Ferrari test driver will complete a series of runs in the F14-T on 2016-size tires that contain a number of prototype elements for 2017. Should the program not be completed on...